The Lightning need more like McKenna.
Tuesday, 10. February 2009
It’s time for the Bolts to admit that this is a rebuilding year and just start heaving the young players into the lineup to take their lumps. It’s time for the youngsters to show and prove. I have seen enough from this team this year to know that they are not going to improve behind the constant shifting of players in and out or behind some of the veterans that were supposed to fill team needs. Mike McKenna is exactly what this team needed right now. A young guy with some fire in his belly who can give this team a youthful shot of exuberance and excitement. It’s now known that Mike Smith is suffering from post concussion syndrome and I don’t see any need to rush this guy back. They need to let the young guys take over between the pipes and see who can hold their own in this league. We all know that Mike Smith is the guy and he will be until someone dethrones him, which is highly unlikely, so there should be no worries about that.
Follow the Rays my children. Get young, fiery and put some guys out there who will learn and develop. Find the guys who want to earn a job on this team and give them all they can handle. I have to think at this point that a someone like St. Louis would rather be on the ice with some young inexperienced guys who want to be there than some experienced players who are going through the motions.
It’s time for reality to set in on everyone. This team is not making the playoffs and need to start building toward the future. More playing time is needed for the youngsters and less for the so called veterans. Everyone loves the Mike McKenna story and the Lightning need to start chasing more of those types of stories than whatever they’ve been chasing so far. We need the youth movement to happen and we need it now.
